Abstract: A command display method includes a method of displaying a plurality of commands in a computer including a graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying the plurality of commands in a window on a display screen, the plurality of commands having a plurality of layers. The display method includes detecting the vertical or horizontal size of the window; determining the form of a display of each of the plurality of layers in response to the detected size; and controlling a display of the commands in each of the plurality of layers in response to the determined form and an instruction from an operator. At least one of the plurality of layers is controlled to be displayed as a detailed display in an area inside the window. The detailed display is a display of a layer that is at a lower level than the layer whose display form changes.

Abstract: A method is provided for placing a first content and a second content on a display screen at a distance D along a Y-axis in an orthogonal coordinate system formed by an X-axis and the Y-axis. The method includes identifying, in the first content, a first non-display-target region which is located on the second content side, identifying, in the second content, a second non-display-target region which is located on the first content side, calculating a plurality of total widths each of which is a sum of a width of the first non-display-target region in a direction of the Y-axis and a width of the second non-display-target region in the direction of the Y-axis, the widths being at a same X-coordinate, and determining the distance D based on the plurality of total widths and a predetermined reference.

Abstract: A command display method includes a method of displaying a plurality of commands in a computer including a graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying the plurality of commands in a window on a display screen, the plurality of commands having a plurality of layers. The display method includes detecting the vertical or horizontal size of the window; determining the form of a display of each of the plurality of layers in response to the detected size; and controlling a display of the commands in each of the plurality of layers in response to the determined form and an instruction from an operator. At least one of the plurality of layers is controlled to be displayed as a detailed display in an area inside the window. The detailed display is a display of a layer that is at a lower level than the layer whose display form changes.

Abstract: A drawing apparatus is for drawing a three-dimensional model including a plurality of nodes present in a three-dimensional space, by using a plurality of viewpoints. The drawing apparatus includes a memory configured to store drawing information including a correspondence relationship between the plurality of nodes and the plurality of viewpoints, and drawing parameters relevant to the plurality of viewpoints; and a CPU configured to transform the three-dimensional model into an image, by a plurality of polygons constituting the three-dimensional model, by using the drawing information. The CPU changes the drawing information in response to a position or a state of a predetermined one or a plurality of the nodes satisfying a predetermined condition, and calculates drawing positions of vertices of the plurality of polygons, by using the viewpoints corresponding to the nodes to which the vertices belong, based on the changed drawing information.

Abstract: A method of controlling a model by a computer, includes accepting an instruction of changing a pose or a movement of a standard model for which control data for joint angles is attached; determining a pose or a movement of the standard model based on the instruction and the control data for joint angles; and determining a pose or a movement of a target model to be controlled where parts of the standard model and parts of the target model being in correspondence with each other, such that the pose or the movement of the target model follows the pose or the movement of the determined standard model based on the correspondence of the parts of the standard model and the parts of the target model.

Abstract: An object correcting method includes disposing multiple sample objects at different positions on a display screen, the sample objects having respective attributes characteristic thereof; obtaining the position of a point on the display screen specified by a user; changing the attribute of a target object by calculating an interpolated value of the attributes of the sample objects based on the positions at which the sample objects are disposed and the position of the point and replacing the value of at least one of the parameters of the attribute of the target object with the calculated interpolated value; and correcting the target object based on the changed attribute thereof.

Abstract: An object correcting method includes disposing multiple sample objects at different positions on a display screen, the sample objects having respective attributes characteristic thereof; obtaining the position of a point on the display screen specified by a user; changing the attribute of a target object by calculating an interpolated value of the attributes of the sample objects based on the positions at which the sample objects are disposed and the position of the point and replacing the value of at least one of the parameters of the attribute of the target object with the calculated interpolated value; and correcting the target object based on the changed attribute thereof.

Abstract: A method of controlling a model by a computer, includes accepting an instruction of changing a pose or a movement of a standard model for which control data for joint angles is attached; determining a pose or a movement of the standard model based on the instruction and the control data for joint angles; and determining a pose or a movement of a target model to be controlled where parts of the standard model and parts of the target model being in correspondence with each other, such that the pose or the movement of the target model follows the pose or the movement of the determined standard model based on the correspondence of the parts of the standard model and the parts of the target model.